These issues are inseparable and hold tremendous bearing on the direction our swiftly dividing nation is headed. The important thing is to keep having these conversations in a logical, rational manner, with all sides using open minds to set aside the long-held beliefs, discrimination, and paranoia that ultimately lead to such vitriolic responses as looting and/or firing tear gas into peaceful protests. Blame and finger-pointing will lead to nothing but defensive backlash regardless of what stance is taken. The only way to effectively move forward as a society is collective acceptance that we’re still doing a terrible job with this whole “liberty and justice for all” thing and that maybe some new approaches need consideration.

Just thought you should know what goes on in this tit blogger’s monkey-boy assistant’s mind until it interrupts with “Is that front-butt? Oh yeah, that’s front-butt, that’s totally going in.”